Stage 35: Malniu - Guils - Puigcerdà.

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Stage 35: Refugio de Malniu - Guils - Puigcerdà.

Distance/elevation: 14,4 km / (+110),(-1.100)Time: 4h00min (walking time without stops).Difficulty: easy.Water: you will find water in Malniu, at the De La Feixa refuge, in Guils, Saneja and Puigcerdà.

Route/Itinerary:

(0h00min; 0 kms) Refugio de Malniu (2.130m).Drinking fountain. Set out from the refuge by the track that heads down to Merangues. Leave it
shortly afterwards and continue left, along a path that heads across undulating terrain dotted with pine trees, until you come to the track that goes
from Malniu to the Guils-Fontanera cross-country ski resort. You follow it on the left (east).

(0h55min; 2,7 kms) Refugio de la Feixa (2.165m), At the foot of the track, 100m further down, there is a
drinking fountain (de la Feixa). The GR11 does not reach the refuge, but turns right 200m
before, crossing grassy fields (Pla de la Feixa). You cross a path that comes from the refuge in a north-south direction, and begin the long descent
to La Cerdanya. After 1 kilometre you cross a track at Pla de la Fontanera (close to the ski station) and cross an area that was affected by the fire
in Puig de Peransau. A quick descent takes you to Guils, and towards the end you walk parallel to the Mata de l'Ós torrent.

(2h50min; 9,4 kms) Guils de Cerdanya (1.380m).Drinking fountain. From this point to the end of the stage, the GR11 heads along the bottom of
the wide Cerdanya valley, passing crop fields and mostly follows the GIV-4035 road. You pass the small village of Saneja, where there is a
drinking fountain at the entrance and another
drinking fountain in the square. You follow the road to...

To get to Puigcerdà, the bus company
Alsaprovides 2 bus routes: Puigcerdà-La Seu d’Urgell-Lleida and
Llívia-Puigcerdà-Barcelona.
Another company, Autobuses Teisa
(/) runs bus services on the Puigcerdà-Girona line, with 1 bus per day on working days.
This bus stops in Planoles, the end of the next stage.

If you choose to travel by train, Puigcerdà is connected to the line:
Barcelona-Vic-Ripoll-Ribes de Freser-Planoles-La Molina-Puigcerdà-La Tor de Querol
(RENFE).